German GP 2016 - Hockenhiem

[yodasarmpit]

I'm really glad to see that the FIA aren't allowing this kind of manoeuver anymore. However, this looks a lot similar to some of Kobayashi's moves which were hailed in this same forum, when he basically forced other drivers to turn away from the apex or crash. It's like we're noticing that it's dirty just because Nico has done it.

I want to see agresive overtaking manovers, but once he was alongside he didn't make the slightest attempt to take the corner.

[N4D13]

Completely unfair. Clearly he has a technical problem.

He complained early in the race that someone had hit him and that the back of the car was behaving funny.

[AndyL]

Ridiculous penalty for Rosberg.

That was Max's mistake. Seeing Rosberg coming from so far back, he should have known Rosberg would be wide on the exit. If he'd stayed wide on the way in he could have taken the place back with a cut-back on the way out.

If you try to hang it round the outside on the way out of a corner when you've been passed up the inside, the other guy is going to show you to the white line. It was true when Hamilton did it to Rosberg in Canada, and it's true here.

[N4D13]

Completely unfair. Clearly he has a technical problem.

He complained early in the race that someone had hit him and that the back of the car was behaving funnily.

[AndyL]

I want to see agresive overtaking manovers, but once he was alongside he didn't make the slightest attempt to take the corner.

Did you see how far back he came from? If it was possible to steam into the corner that hot and still take a nice tight line on the way out, they'd all be doing it every lap wouldn't they.

[Koz]

I'm really glad to see that the FIA aren't allowing this kind of manoeuver anymore. However, this looks a lot similar to some of Kobayashi's moves which were hailed in this same forum, when he basically forced other drivers to turn away from the apex or crash. It's like we're noticing that it's dirty just because Nico has done it.

I don't remember Kobayashi ever not turning in, to push someone off the track.

[N4D13]

I don't remember Kobayashi ever not turning in, to push someone off the track.

Well, I can recall a few times when he did the exact same thing AndyL described above; he divebombed and forced the oppposing driver to steer away from him in order to avoid a crash. Of course this would end up with the other driver reducing their speed significantly and/or out of the track boundaries.

[yodasarmpit]

Did you see how far back he came from? If it was possible to steam into the corner that hot and still take a nice tight line on the way out, they'd all be doing it every lap wouldn't they.

He did come in hot from a good distance away (which is awesome) but he had the car under control with no lock up and then made zero attempt to turn the wheel.

[Koz]

Well, I can recall a few times when he did the exact same thing AndyL described above; he divebombed and forced the oppposing driver to steer away from him in order to avoid a crash. Of course this would end up with the other driver reducing their speed significantly and/or out of the track boundaries.

But when he he push someone out on the outside while attempting to not taking the corner?

I'm all for hard racing. But this isn't racing, this just seems cheap. It's even cheaper when it isn't a one off. And it's far worse when he is on the radio complaining that he was on "full lock" - when we saw the onboard.

Exactly what yodasarmpit said, there was no lock up, just no attempt.

[N4D13]

You know it's been a lame race when discussing Rosberg's move has been more entertaining than the race itself.